JrPizzeria, Alkaff Crescent

Caught wind of JrPizzeria (115C Alkaff Crescent, tel : +65 8731 8840) and thought they sounded promising.

Had a bresaola pizza. Looked different from the menu. I thought it needed more bresaola because it was the one thing that I couldn't quite taste properly in the pizza. In short, inadequate. Every other ingredient had made itself known. 

That being said, their vaunted sourdough crust was also little more dense at the cornicione than I liked.

Tried their pineapple pizza which was basically a take on a Hawaiian. Got this with their cheese snow.

I'm really not getting much cheese flavour outta that cheese snow. Otherwise it's a pretty decent Hawaiian with thin sliced pineapples instead of the little chunks of canned variety that most other similar pizzas use.

Fu He Mutton Soup (福和羊肉湯), Redhill Food Centre

What caught my attention at Fu He Mutton Soup (#01-74, Redhill Food Centre, 85 Redhill Lane) was that they were a mutton soup stall which had pig's blood curd. Never seen anyone done that. But since the lift of the ban on blood was still new, it made sense that there will be eateries that'll capitalise on the availability. 

This order of mutton ribs and blood curd was without coriander and ginger. Broth was herbal but not excessive in my opinion and had a dry sweetness (甘甜) while still maintaining enough savouriness that I enjoyed it. One could even get lu rou fan (卤肉饭) to go with the bowl. Lime-y chilli's great with the lu rou fan.

The ribs - tender and slurped off the bone easily with some fat for that nice mutton-y flavour. Portions were pretty generous. Those pig's blood cubes were just a nice add on. Will come back for the brains.

Lobster Buldak Ramen from Liu Lang Mian Noodle Bar (流浪面)

This was a limited time bowl from Liu Lang Mian. Included half a mentaiko mayo lobster, seafood Buldak tare, ajitama, scallions, tobiko and seaweed.

I was initially a little bit concerned because I've had some experiences (mostly enjoyable though) with Buldak's hot sauces. Turned out that the noodles were manageably spicy (for me), but still packed substantial heat. I liked it. Pretty satisfying with those thick noodles. Loads of umami from the toppings. Lobster was decent.

Kuro Kare, Havelock II

Heard about Kuro Kare (B1-32 Havelock II, 2 Havelock Road) and their signature 36 hours curry which has over 25 ingredient including dark chocolate, apples puree, tomatoes, onions, honey, mirin, ginger, butter, roasted flour, milk along with their custom spice blend. Yes I aggregated that list much like how Gemini does - from different sources online. 

There's Suntory on tap. 😬 Pricey but was worth the chilled malty reprieve from the heat. So much so that I got a second mug. 😬

One could get curry rice with a choice of protein here. Curry's nice. It had a deep savoury flavour with a bit of tang and was much less sweet than what I was expecting from Japanese curry. I also liked that it wasn't overly starchy.

Iberico tonkatsu was competent. No tonkatsu sauce, just salt and mustard which didn't overly complicate the flavours.

Steak's decent with a bit of sinew/silverskin.

A&W, Jewel

We haven't eaten from A&W (#B2-209 Jewel, 8 Airport Boulevard) for a long time. Stopped by for some food after our late night arrival back to Singapore. 

The root beer tasted weird. The first thought that instinctively came to mind after the first sip was if it was made from tap water. Pretty sure I tasted something like a mild chlorine flavour in it.

That's their cream cheese burger. Not sure what cream cheese was it that they used but it tasted more like mayo/cream than cream cheese to me. Will not get it again. Not good.

Curly fries be curly fries.

Pie & Mighty, Pakenham, Melbourne

Surprise pie breakfast from Pie & Mighty (24 Lakeside Blvd, Pakenham, Melbourne, tel : +61 3 5940 5588)

I have yet to master the runes emblazoned on these pies.

Perhaps someday I will.

Spicy Mexican - has some nice heat from the chili inside. There's beans, sour cream and cheese in it. I think the sour cream did it for me. Nice.

Chunky Beef's pretty decent. Meat's relatively tender. I think I like the plain beef one from Country Cob Bakery a little bit more though.

This one as goat's cheese, mushroom and beef. I liked it mostly for the flavour that goat's cheese brought to it.

Beef Vindaloo's not bad tasting with the tangy heat from their vindaloo gravy.

Couldn't tell the difference between this vanilla slice and the one from Country Cob Bakery.

Not bad apple and rhubarb crumble. The tart was stuffed. Wasn't as sweet as I thought might have been as well.

As a whole I had the impression that Pie & Mighty seemed to be of better quality than the other pie shops we've tried so far, keeping in mind that we're new to Aussie pies.